Secure Over the Air Upload Mechanism for Wireless Mesh Nodes

2. The method of claim 1, where the first packet includes at least one of data identifying a version of a firmware, data indicating a total number of blocks, data indicating a total number of packets in a firmware image, and data indicating a block identifier.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the firmware update or the software update is part of an over-the-air broadcast.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein each of the plurality of status packets includes a plurality of bitwise indicators, each of the plurality of bitwise indicators indicating whether a respective packet of the plurality of packets was received at the respective node.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the first packet of the plurality of packets is selected based on a number of nodes of the plurality of nodes, at which the first packet was not received.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the first packet of the plurality of packets is selected based on an identified pattern according to which particular packets were not received by the plurality of nodes.

7. The method of claim 6, wherein the first packet of the plurality of packets is included in the retransmission block according to a sequence that corresponds to a sequence in which packets including the first packet were not received.

8. The method of claim 6, wherein the first packet of the plurality of packets is included in the retransmission block at one or more random locations.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein the retransmission block has a length that is variable.

12. The computing apparatus of claim 11, where the first packet includes at least one of data identifying a version of a firmware, data indicating a total number of blocks, data indicating a total number of packets in a firmware image, and data indicating a block identifier.

13. The computing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the firmware update or the software update is part of an over-the-air broadcast.

14. The computing apparatus of claim 11, wherein each of the plurality of status packets includes a plurality of bitwise indicators, each of the plurality of bitwise indicators indicate whether a respective packet of the plurality of packets was received at the respective node.

15. The computing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first packet of the plurality of packets is selected based on a number of nodes of the plurality of nodes, at which the first packet was not received.

16. The computing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the first packet of the plurality of packets is selected based on an identified pattern according to which particular packets were not received by the plurality of nodes.

17. The computing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first packet of the plurality of packets is included in the retransmission block according to a sequence that corresponds to a sequence in which packets including the first packet were not received.

18. The computing apparatus of claim 16, wherein the first packet of the plurality of packets is included in the retransmission block at one or more random locations.

19. The computing apparatus of claim 11, wherein the retransmission block has a length that is variable.